Pwsh Centos 7 Plex Backup

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Description:

I had a bash script doing backups on Centos, but wanted to see if I could convert those to the core version of Powershell instead. Sure enough, worked on the first try:

To Resolve:

  1. Create a file called plex.ps1 and paste / run :

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    <#

# Register the Microsoft RedHat repository
#curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft.repo
# Install PowerShell
#sudo yum install -y powershell
# create /home/myuser/scripts/plex.ps1

#>

#!/usr/bin/env pwsh

$Date = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"
$log = "/home/myuser/scripts/logs/plexbackup_" + $date + ".log"

If (!(Test-Path $log))
{
      New-Item -Itemtype File -Path $log -Force | Out-Null
}

$stop = "systemctl stop plexmediaserver.service"
$start = "systemctl start plexmediaserver.service"

$options = "-zavh --exclude={'Cache/','Crash Reports/','Logs/','Plug-in Support/Cache/'}"
$source = "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/"
$destination = "/mnt/plex/backup"
$rsync = "rsync $options $source $destination" 

Write-Output "Starting Backup of Plex Database."  | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
Write-Output "============================================================" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"

# Stop Plex
Write-Output "Stopping Plex Media Server" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
Write-Output "------------------------------------------------------------" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
bash -c $stop | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"

# Backup database
Write-Output "Starting Backup." | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
Write-Output "------------------------------------------------------------" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
bash -c $rsync | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"

# Restart Plex
Write-Output "Starting Plex Media Server." | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
Write-Output "------------------------------------------------------------" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
bash -c $start | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"

# Done
Write-Output "Backup Complete" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"
Write-Output "============================================================" | Out-File $log -Append -Encoding "ascii"

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